Folding stove



. 1,560,799 J. HIG HAM FOLDING STOVE Nov. 10, 1925.

Filed Nov. 4, 192

JWYHO? Patented Nov. 10, 1925.

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JOHN HIGHAM, or LOS ANGELES, onnrrtonnmz, Assmnoaro Antrflififlo;1216mm; or i ,LosA'N GnLEs, onn inoim rn. w y i 1 i FOLDING STOVE.

Application filed-November 4, 1924;- Serialdio. 247 7-93;

To all whom it may concern: I p e I Be it known that 1, JOHN HIGIIIIAM,a citizen of the. United- States, residing, at Los Angeles, California,in thecounty of Los. Angeles and State of California, have invented newand useful Improvements in Folding Stoves,- of' which the following isaspecification.

This invention particularly pertains to a camp stove of the type adaptedto be operated with liquid fuel, and specially relates to a fuelcontainer and the manner of itsmounting on the stove.

An object of the invention is to provide a camp stove of the portabletype embodying a box-like housing containing a burner and fitted, with afuel reservoir, in which the fuel feed connections betweenv thereservoir and burner are fixed and in which the burnerand reservoir areso mounted that the reservoir may be disposed either interiorly orexteriorly of the housing so that the burner and reservoir may beenclosed within the housing. when the stove is not in operation, andwhereby the fuel reservoir may be disposed on the outside of thehousing. and shielded from the burner without: disconnecting. the fuelfeed connections from either the reservoir or burner.

Another object is to provide a camp stove embodying, the features. abovespecified and including with the main. fuel feed con nection between thev reservoir and burner, an mdependent secondary fuel feedv connection tbeempl0yed-in delivering of fuel' to the burner for effecting initial:heating ofza vapor generator.

With the foregoing objects in view, together withnsuchother objects andadvantages as may subsequently appear, the. in ventionresides in theparts and in the combination, construction and arrangement ofpartshereinafterdescribed and claimed and illustrated by the way ofexample in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1- is. aperspective view of: the

camp stove with partsbroken away.

Figure 2 is a view of the stove housing asseen' in rear elevation.

Figure 3 is a view in transverse vertical section of the stoveillustrating the burner, and reservoir as disposed in. their closedposition in the stove housing.

Figure 4 is'a view intransverse section.

illustrating the burner and-reservoir as disthe-housing;

of the housing and held' in place on the posed to position the:reservoir exteriorF} of Figure 5,

is V, a. detail in perspective i-lliis' trating, the aperturedl endportion of'a removable panel, for closing an opening, in the rear wallof the housing,

ore .speci fically f indicates a box-like housingshaving, a bottom wan8,, andup standing, frontand back walls Qand "I0 and end walls l l'and l2-, forming a rectangular enclosureadapted to be closed by. a. coverpanel: 13 hingedly. connected to" theqback wall 10; The back wall 10, vis formed witli anelongated openinggl i, extending lbngi tudina-llythereof with its lower margin bordered by, the bottom wall 8 and witliits:

upper edge and ends respectively of, the back wall; there being an openenddlioiizontalslot 155 leading from the end margin of the opening; 14:adjacent the end wall '11;

The end; walls 11:- and -12 are formed with" is here.- shown as fixedtoa pair of spaced slide-bars 2 3 and Qhslidible transversely.

bottom-1 wall 8 by, straps 25 constituting; guideways; the slide; bars.having endf p01? tions projecting, onthe r opposite sides of the guideways andtheburner beingtparr ied on the inner end portions thereof..Rigidly mounted on thezouter endportions of' the slide-bars is; a fuelreservoir 26Yadapted'to containa liquid fuel under pressure. Thisreservoir is here shown intheform {of a horizontally extending,elongated cylinder;

and is adaptedto bemoved inwardly and' outwardly through the opening l lin theback-w-a ll. 10 ofthe-housing. so that it may be positioned eitherinteriorly or;ex'terio-rly/ ofrthe' housing. The burner and, the reservoirare rigidly connectedztogether the sli-de bars, and-1are spacedsuchdistance apart that when the reservoir is positioned interiorly, of thehousingas shown in Fig} ure 3, t he res'erv0ir andbu'rner will be p si;

tioned close to the front and back walls of the housing. Leading fromthe end of the reservoir facing the housing end wall 11, isa fuel feedconduit 27 which is bent to extend along the inner face of the housing,end wall 11 and connects with a needle valve casing 28 connecting with avapor generator 29 extending over the burner head 19 and communicatingwith the vapor intake throat22 of themanifold21; the feed pipe '27 andits connections being normally arranged wholly within the burner'housingand" being permanently attached to the reservoir and burner except thatit may be detached should occasion require. The needle valve housing 28'is fitted with a needle valve" having a handle 30 which projects throughthe slot'16to position the handle 7 exteriorly of the housing. The openendedslot' 15 in the rear wall 10 of the housing is arranged to permitthe feed pipe'27 to pass througlithe wall 10 on shifting the reservoir.

The burner head 20 is fitted with acontrol valve. having a stem 31 whichextends through the slot 17 in the housing end wall 12 and has a'handle32 located exteriorly ofthe housing. The slotsf16 and 17- through whichthe valve stems 30 and 31 extend serve to accomodate movement of the.stems as they are carried 'with'the burner and reservoir when moving thelatter transversely of the'housing. Leading from the reservoir to theburner head 19 is a secondary fuel feed pipe 33 fitted with a cut-off"valve 34, which feed pipe opens above a generating pan 35 on the burnerhead, whereby on opening the valve 34 a supply of fuel will be deliveredto the pan 35 which fuel on being ignited will serve to'initially heatthe vapor generator 29.

Means are provided for closing the opening 14' in the back wall 10whether the reservor is disposed interiorly or exteriorly of 'thehousing. This means is here shown as comprising a removable, panel 36ofsheet metal. substantially, corresponding in size to the internaldimensions of the back wall 10 and which removable panel is adapted tobe placed over the opening 14 from the inside of the housing between thereservoir'26 and the back wall 10, as shown in Figure 3; the panel beingheld in place by the'reservoir and also by means of brackets.:3 7 and 38mounted on the end walls Hand 12 and spaced a short distance fromtheinner face of the back wall 10to form guideways to receive the endportions of the panel '36. p

The panel 36 is provided with an horizontal open ended slot 39 at oneend thereof and is also formed with an open ended vertically extendingslot 40 leadingfrom its lower edge, which slots are provided toaccommodate the fuel feed pipes 27 and 33 when the closure panel 36 isset in place to close the opening 14 with the reservoir 26 disposedexteriorly of the housing, as shown in Figure 4. v I

The upper portion of the housing is fitted with a removal grid 41 whichis adapted to seaton the brackets 37 and 38 and on 42 and 43 carried onthe front wall 2.

hen the stove is not in use, as in transporting or storing same, theburner and reservoir are positioned within the housing as shown inFigure 3, and the closure panel 36 is set in place over the aperturedback wall 10 and the cover panel 13 is closed. VJhen it is desired toplace the stove in operation the cover panel 13 is raised, the closurepanel 36 is removed and the reservoir 26 together with the burner isshifted transversely of the housing to pass the reservoir through theapertured back wall 10 and dispose it exteriorly of the housing; the

burner then being moved to a more central position in the housing. Theclosure panel 36 is then set in place so as to close the opening 14 andform a wall or shield between the burner and the reservoir whereby thelatter is protected from heat and flames generated at the burners. i

I claim 1. In a camp stove, aboX-like housing, a fuel reservoir slidablycarried by said housing and adapted to be positioned either in teriorlyor eXteriorly thereof, a burner arranged in said housing connected tosaid reservoir, and a fuel feed conduit fixedly connected to saidreservoir and burner.

2. In a camp stove,a box-like housing, a reservoir slidably carriedby-said housing and adaptedto be positioned either interiorly orexteriorly thereof, a burner arranged in said housing connected to said.

reservoir to slide therewith, and fuel feed connections between saidreservoir and burner. i

3. In a camp stove, a box-like housing, a reservoir slidably carried bysaid housing and adapted to be. positioned either interiorly oreXteriorly thereof, a burner connected to'said reservoir in spacedrelation thereto, adapted to slide therewith, and a movable paneladapted to be interposed between said reservoir and burner when thereservoir is positioned exteriorly of the housmg. I

4. In a camp stove, a substantially boxlike housing having a bottom walland an upstanding wall along the margin of said bottom wall, saidupstanding wall being formed with an elongated opening, a fuel reservoirslidably carried on said housing adapted to be positioned within saidhousing and to be moved through said opening toa position exteriorly ofthe housing, a burner slidably carried in said housing and connected tosaid reservoir in spaced relation thereto and adapted to slidetherewith, and movable panel adapted to close the opening in theupstanding wall when the reservoir is positioned either interiorly or exteriorly of the housing.

5. In a camp stove, a substantially boxlike housing embodying a bottomwall and an upstanding wall along the margin of said bottom wall havingan opening therein, a slide bar carried by said bottom wall, a fuelreservoir carried by said slide bar, a burner carried by said slide bar,a fuel delivery connection between said reservoir and burner, saidslidebeing operable to dispose said reservoir either interiorly or exteriorlyof the housing through said opening, and means for closing said open-In.

In a camp stove, a box-like housing having bottom, side and end walls,there being an opening in one of the side walls and a slot in one of theend walls, a slidable member mounted in said housing, a fuel reservoircarried by said slidable member adapted to be positioned'eitherinteriorly or exteriorly of said housing through said opening, a burnermounted on said slidable member, a fuel feed pipe leading from saidreservoir to said burner, and a valve in said fuel pipe having anoperating handle extenlding through the slot in the housing end wa 7. Ina camp stove, a box-like housing having a side opening, a fuelreservoir, a slide bar mounted in said housing carrying said reservoir,adapted to be shifted to dispose the reservoir either interiorly orexteriorly of the housing through said opening, a burner carried by saidslide bar and mov-v able therewith in spaced relation to said reservoir,a fuel conduit fixedly connecting said reservoir and burner, a valve insaid conduit having a' handle arranged exteriorly of said housing, andmeans for closing the side opening in said housing with the reservoirdisposed either interiorly or exterlorly of the housing. JOHN HIGHAM

